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opinionated

[ uh-pin-yuh-ney-tid ]
/ əˈpɪn yəˌneɪ tɪd /
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adjective
obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
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Origin of opinionated

1595–1605; obsolete opinionate to possess or form an opinion (see opinion, -ate1) + -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM opinionated

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Words related to opinionated

assertive, cocky, stubborn, adamant, arbitrary, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded, cocksure, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard-line, high-handed, inflexible, intransigent, locked-in, obdurate

How to use opinionated in a sentence

  • Upon other matters connected with eating he was not so unopinionated.

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British Dictionary definitions for opinionated

opinionated
/ (əˈpɪnjəˌneɪtɪd) /
adjective
holding obstinately and unreasonably to one's own opinions; dogmatic

Derived forms of opinionated

opinionatedly, adverbopinionatedness, noun
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